AKIN Barber & Shop – Dubai by Zak Hoke

It was just a matter of time before Dubai, a burgeoning global design hub, got its own design-perfect barbershop. Filling a gap between “street level barbershops and the upmarket spa salons found in hotels or malls” as co-founder and entrepreneur Leith Matthews explains, AKIN Barber & Shop located at Burj Al Salam (a glass tower opposite the World Trade Centre) in the heart of the city caters for a “growing urban community”.